dishuser Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 when you go to organize category it shows locked channels in the list but when you view categories it doesn't exist also I can go to a locked channel and select it and no password is required to view it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbs. Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Strange When I go to organize categories I don't have locked categories I have adult locked and another one swim locked I locked a few channels and when I went to those channels I was asked for password Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbs. Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 On another service I have locked channels category I am unable to enter channel without password Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbs. Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 8 minutes ago, nbs. said: Strange When I go to organize categor have locked categories I have adult locked and another one swim locked I locked a few channels and when I went to those channels I was asked for password Both of mine have locked channels on organize Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, nbs. said: Both of mine have locked channels on organize yes on organize but but not in category list whether I hide it or not it doesn't show so if for example you don't want to see every global in CA category you still have to scroll through locked channels but if I don't want to see every category I just hide them there is no locked in category like others say usa or african 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emporium Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 The way I interpreted this option is: that if you have any manually "locked" channels in any category, if you decide to "hide locked channels", they would not show up in channel list or EPG matrix. This could be handy if there is a category which for the most part has channels you like, but there are 2 or 3 channels which either don't work, or you don't care for. You could just "lock" the individual channels, and then if you have selected to "hide locked channels", it would not be in the list of channels as you scroll through them. Could be quite handy for those who don't use the "favorites" option. I personally just flag all the channels I want as a favorite, and use that for the most part. But categories like premium movie channels, at least on one service, there are close to 100 channels, so I don't tag them as favorites, I just switch to that category. This would be a way to hide individual channels in that category if I know they don't work or just not something I'd ever consider watching. However as interesting as a feature as it may be, I think there is another issue that needs to be looked at before this (which has been discussed before). On one of my services for example, I have 3 categories that are "locked" by default (Adult, Adult Premium, and Adult Swim). And yes, if I select that category and select a channel, it will ask me for a password. Enter password, and it will unlock the channels for a period of time. And by default, it will NOT add them to your "recent channels list". BUT... Got to "All Channel" and scroll through to the channel range of any of these "locked" category channels, and you can select them and watch them without any password requirement. And it even adds them all to your "previous channel" list... So it kind of defeats the locked category Not an issue for me (since my kids are grown adults), but I do have a few friends who have commented about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, Emporium said: The way I interpreted this option is: that if you have any manually "locked" channels in any category, if you decide to "hide locked channels", they would not show up in channel list or EPG matrix. This could be handy if there is a category which for the most part has channels you like, but there are 2 or 3 channels which either don't work, or you don't care for. You could just "lock" the individual channels, and then if you have selected to "hide locked channels", it would not be in the list of channels as you scroll through them. Could be quite handy for those who don't use the "favorites" option. I personally just flag all the channels I want as a favorite, and use that for the most part. But categories like premium movie channels, at least on one service, there are close to 100 channels, so I don't tag them as favorites, I just switch to that category. This would be a way to hide individual channels in that category if I know they don't work or just not something I'd ever consider watching. However as interesting as a feature as it may be, I think there is another issue that needs to be looked at before this (which has been discussed before). On one of my services for example, I have 3 categories that are "locked" by default (Adult, Adult Premium, and Adult Swim). And yes, if I select that category and select a channel, it will ask me for a password. Enter password, and it will unlock the channels for a period of time. And by default, it will NOT add them to your "recent channels list". BUT... Got to "All Channel" and scroll through to the channel range of any of these "locked" category channels, and you can select them and watch them without any password requirement. And it even adds them all to your "previous channel" list... So it kind of defeats the locked category Not an issue for me (since my kids are grown adults), but I do have a few friends who have commented about it. once unlocked they stay unlocked for an hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 this is what I'm talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbs. Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, nbs. said: I know what you mean It'll hide the category but the channels are still 8n guide Edited March 10, 2023 by nbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, nbs. said: I know what you mean It'll hide the category but the channels are still 8n guide nope you can't hide a category that doesn't exist so why have it in the organize list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbs. Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Category exists for me0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 doesn't exist on my x5 using same server Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 using 5.0.775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emporium Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 It becomes a category once you manually lock a channel. It is meant to just refer to all manually "locked" channels (regardless of what category they are in). So it would control the visibility of these channels in their own category (like the favorites category). I locked 2 channels in 2 different categories (CA and GR). The category did not show up right away (guess minor glitch - or it is created only once channel list is processed). But when I got out of Buzztv app and then entered back again, the category is now there with the 2 channels I manually locked (you could also just hit "refresh" from the menu to force a reload of the channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emporium Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Just now, dishuser said: using 5.0.775 Using the same. Manually lock a channel (red button) from the channel list. Refresh channel list (or exit and re-enter into buzztv 5) and you should have the "locked channels" category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 I locked a channel in usa and ca and locked never showed but a reboot fixed it thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbs. Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 If you hide the category it should hide the channels in the category It doesn't for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, nbs. said: If you hide the category it should hide the channels in the category It doesn't for me ya you still have to scroll thru locked channels it's been driving me nuts cause a guy said he could remove a channel in tivimate so I said lock the channel and hide locked category but it still appears in parent category 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 tried on 4500 and 4900 same result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishuser Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 maybe I should have just posted in the buzztv 5 section 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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